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minus-squareIninewCrow@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 hours ago“We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented” is a quote by Elie Wiesel from his 1986 Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech.
minus-squarePlainSimpleGarak@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 hours agoOr you can just not have an opinion on a subject. It’s ok to not have an opinion sometimes.
minus-squarequeermunist she/her@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 hours agoIt’s not okay to not have an opinion on the bombs you’re paying for.
minus-squarePlainSimpleGarak@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 hours agoSure it is. There are many things my taxes are paying for that I don’t have an opinion on.
minus-squarequeermunist she/her@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 hours ago“You can’t be neutral on a moving train.” You can choose to not have an opinion, but that just means you’re siding with the genocide. There’s no neutral option.
minus-squarePlainSimpleGarak@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·47 minutes agoThat’s just your opinion. You can’t actually prove that.
minus-squarequeermunist she/her@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-235 minutes agoI can prove that you are supporting genocide. You pay your taxes, right? Then you’re supporting genocide. Unless you’re too young to pay taxes? In that case I could give you a pass - it’s not like you know any better anyway. But this is something we all have to reconcile - we’re all complicit. You don’t get to wash your hands of this.
“We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented” is a quote by Elie Wiesel from his 1986 Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech.
Or you can just not have an opinion on a subject. It’s ok to not have an opinion sometimes.
It’s not okay to not have an opinion on the bombs you’re paying for.
Sure it is. There are many things my taxes are paying for that I don’t have an opinion on.
“You can’t be neutral on a moving train.”
You can choose to not have an opinion, but that just means you’re siding with the genocide. There’s no neutral option.
That’s just your opinion. You can’t actually prove that.
I can prove that you are supporting genocide. You pay your taxes, right? Then you’re supporting genocide.
Unless you’re too young to pay taxes? In that case I could give you a pass - it’s not like you know any better anyway.
But this is something we all have to reconcile - we’re all complicit. You don’t get to wash your hands of this.